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NUANCE: Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center

Exploring Functional Measurements with AFM: Electrical Measurements, Nanomechanics, and AFM-IR

July 16-17, 2025

Ryan Hall - Room #4003

July 16, 2025 - Seminar, Lunch & Demos (Ryan Hall - 4003 & Tech Institute - AG71)
July 17, 2025 - Live Demos (Tech Institute; AG71)

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Bruker is pleased to co-host a two-day workshop in collaboration with the NUANCE Center of Northwestern University on July 16-17, 2025.

Join us for an insightful experience featuring presentations on the first morning, followed by hands-on live demonstrations each afternoon with Bruker’s Dimension IconIR and Dimension Icon.

Coffee and lunch will be provided by Bruker.

 Parking Map (North Parking Garage is closest)

Schedule - July 16, 2025

10:00 AM Registration & Coffee - Ryan Hall - #4003
10:20 AM Opening Remarks
10:30 AM Accelerating Scientific Breakthroughs with NUANCE: Infrastructure, Expertise, and Impact
Dr. Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Northwestern University
11:00 AM  IR Beyond the Diffraction Limit: Introduction and Applications of Photothermal AFM-IR
Dr. Jin Hee Kim, Bruker 
11:30 AM Correlative AFM-IR Mapping for Polymer Applications
Dr. Cassandra Phillips, Bruker
12:00 PM

Lunch (provided) 

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Dimension IconIR Demonstration

 Schedule - July 17, 2025

9:30 AM Check-In - Technological Institute; AB Wing - Room #AG71
10:00 AM Sample Measurement 1 + Q&A Session
11:00 AM Lunch (provided) - Technological Institute, 2nd floor; Room #A230
12:15 PM  Sample Measurement 2 + Q&A Session
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Sample Measurement 3 + Q&A Session
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